Snow is made of tiny ice crystals that can transform into a variety of intricate symmetrical patterns forming a beautiful ...

Fresh snow can look like a blank sheet of paper, so bright it almost hurts to stare at in midday sun. Yet at the microscopic level, those flakes are not white at all, and the color we think we see is ...

When it's really cold, like it was this weekend, the snow-to-rain ratio will be more like 20:1, 20 inches of snow for an inch ...

When someone says “as white as snow,” it’s easy to envision what they’re talking about. We often think of snow as a dazzling ...

An array of animals and plants survive winter in the subnivium, nature’s igloo. But climate change is threatening this hidden ...

Fluffy, white snow is falling and the roads are glistening, and you are wishing and hoping that it will be enough to cancel school. You turn on your local weather to get a more detailed forecast, and ...

The sheer weight of heavy snow and solid ice can cause roof damage and long-lasting power outages ...